Monday, January 11, 2021

The Fortified Capitol Building

As is our usual activity, we drove in to DC this morning for our walk that took us to the Tidal Basin. We have driven by the area every time we go to our old neighborhood, but we haven’t actually stopped and parked there for quite a while. I thought there would be some great photo opportunities for the 52Frames challenge this week at the FDR Memorial. It involves taking images from a very low perspective. So we parked the car across from the MLK Memorial and walked all over the place. We noticed a lot of helicopters and police presence everywhere. When we were done, we drove towards the Capitol and our old neighborhood on Capitol Hill to see what was happening since last week’s events. All the streets leading to the Capitol building were closed off. And all around the grounds was the black ten foot fence and concrete blocks surrounding the place. About every twenty feet behind the fence were national guards - not just there, but also on every corner within a certain radius. The supreme court was also fenced off and the library of Congress Jefferson building had police, dog, and national guard presence. The house and senate office buildings were also fortified as well as half way down the street to where we used to live. I’m glad we don’t live in the neighborhood now - it’s a bit too uncomfortable for me. When we got home we learned the Washington monument tours were suspended because of threats. I don’t think things will calm down anytime soon and glad I didn’t think about it as we were walking about, wondering why there was no one in sight. 



































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